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Teacher Education & School Improvement Faculty


 

Keisha L. Green

Associate Professor
Co-Founder, Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research
Program Coordinator, Teacher Education and School Improvement

Keisha Green is a community-engaged scholar and critical teacher educator.

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Beverley Bell

Assistant Dean of Educator Preparation
Senior Lecturer

Bev has been involved in higher education in the U.S. for over 21 years and K-12 education for over 16 years in South Africa and Namibia.

Beverley Bell

Daryl Essensa

Senior Lecturer II
Program Coordinator, 180 Days

Daryl Essensa is a senior lecturer II in TECS, and program coordinator for the TEACH 180 Days secondary teacher licensure residency.

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Meg L. Gebhard

Professor

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Linda Griffin

Department Chair, Student Development
Professor

Griffin's research and scholarly interest for over 25 years has been on the teaching and learning of sport related games.

Linda Griffin

Robert Maloy

Senior Lecturer II

Teacher Education & School Improvement

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Betsy McEneaney

Associate Professor

Betsy McEneaney teaches in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, with interests in research methods, equity in STEM, and school-community

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Kysa Nygreen

Professor

Professor Nygreen teaches courses in urban education, adolescent identity, educational diversity, and qualitative/participatory research methods.

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Torrey Trust

Professor

Torrey Trust, Ph.D. is a Professor of Learning Technology in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies in the College of Education.

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Laura Valdiviezo

Professor

Prof. Valdiviezo’s interest is in re-conceptualizing and reforming schools as loci of change for social justice.

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Ruth-Ellen Verock

Senior Lecturer II
Associate Chair, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies

Ruth-Ellen Verock is a senior lecturer in the department of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies.

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